Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has been defeated for the National Assembly election.
The incumbent Senator representing the
Northern Senatorial District of the state in the National Assembly, Sen Jarigbe
Agom Jarigbe was re-elected.
Senator Jarigbe who contested under the
platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, garnered 76,145 to defeat
governor Ben Ayade of the All Progressives Congress who polled 56, 595 votes in
the exercise.
Declaring Sen. Jarigbe winner of the exercise
in the early hours of Monday, the returning officer, Dr. Emmanuel Emanghe who
spoke on behalf of Independent National Electoral Commission INEC thanked
stakeholders for their peaceful conduct
Emanghe also lauded all security agents for
giving the needed security support which invariably led to successful and credible
elections.
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